Railway rail



, out its Patented Oct. 9, 1928.

kCHARLEY H. SLOAN, 0F MANNING, KANSAS.

RAILWAY RAIL.

Application filed July 1,

This invention relates to railway rails, and has for one of its objects to provide a rail tha-t may be secured to the cross tie against creeping without the aid of tie plates and other devices now used for this purpose and one that cannot tilt and is simple andr comparatively inexpensive to manufacture.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, the nature of which will become apparent as the description proceeds, the invention consists of the novel fea-turcs of construction hereinafter fully described and claimed, and illustrated in the accompanyingr drawing, wherein: y

Figure 1 is a top plan view illustrating my improved rail positioned upon cross ties, and

Figure 2 is a sectional view taken on a plane extending vertically and transversely through the rail.

In the drawing, 1 designates the improved -rail, and 2 the end and 2a the intermediate cross ties therefor. In accordance with my invention, the web 3 of the rail 1 is made of uniform thickness throughout its entire height, the base 4 is of uniform width throughentire length and made thicker at its center and wider than the corresponding part of the rails now in use, and the head 5 is made of the usual contour and dimensions.

1n laying the rail 1,-the end ties 2 are so positioned as to space their longitudinal centers ten inches from the ends of the rails, and the rail is secured to these ties by spikes, not shown, which pass through end openings 6 formed in the base 4 near the edges thereof. The end openings 6 are arranged in pairs on opposite sides of the web 3, and the openings of the respective pairs are spaced two inches apart and arranged one inch from the centers of the end ties 2. The intermediate ties 2 are so arranged as to space their longitudinal centers nineteen and eleven-twenty-thirds inches apart, and the rail 1 is secured to these ties by spikes, not shown, which pass though intermediate main openings 7 formed in the base 4 near the edges thereof. The intermediate main openings 7 are also arranged in pairs on opposite sides of the web 3, and the openings of the respective pairs are spaced three inches apart and. arranged one and one-half 1926. Serial N0. 119,879.

inches from the centers of the ties 2. The base 4 is also provided at opposite sides of the web 3 with pairs of intermediate auxiliary openings 8 which are positioned centrally between the centers of the ties 2 and 2, and the openings of each pair are spaced three inches apart and one and one-half inches from said center. These openings permit the rail 1 to be spiked to ties at a curve. The openings 6` 7 and 8 are spaced one-half of an inch from th edges of the base 4. i

The units of each pair of end openings 6 are arranged closer together than are the units of each pair of the intermediate openings 7 and 8. The pairs of intermediate main-openings 7 and intermediate auxiliary openings 8 are similarly spaced, while the distance between the pairs of end openings 6 and the adjacent i pairs of intermediate auxiliary openings 8 is greater than the distance between the pairs of intermediate openings 7 and 8. This arrangement of the openings 6, 7 and 8 permits the cross ties 2 and 2a to be arranged in the most effective rail supporting position, and

the provision of the base 4 of the rail 1 with the openings permits the rail to be secured to 'the cross ties in a manne-r to positively hold it against creeping without the aid of tie plates and other devices now used for this purpose. Furthermore, the great width of the base 4 of the rail 1 prevents the rail from tilting. The end openings 6 and intermediate main open-y ings 7 are used when the rail forms a part of a straight section of track, and the intermediate auxiliary openings 8 are used when the rail rforms a part of a curved section of a track.

What is claimed is A rail having a web of uniform thickness throughout its entire height and length and having a comparatively wide base provided with a comparatively' thick central portion, the base being of uniform width throughout its entire length and provided with pairs of end openings, pairs of intermediate main openings and pairs of intermediate auxiliary openings all spaced asimilar distance inward-A I ly from the edges of the base, the intermediate auxiliary openings being arranged between the auxiliary main openings and between the end openings and the auxiliary main openings, the respective pairs of interniediate main and intermediate auxiliary openings being similarly spaced and the units of the respective pairs of these openings 5 being arranged three inches apart, the respectifve pairs" of end` openings being spaced from the adjacent intermediate auxiliary openings a greater distance than the space between the intermediate auxiliary and intermediate main Openings, and the units 0i' the respective pairs of end openings being spaced two inclies apart.

In testimony whereof I ax my signature.

@HARLEY H. SLOAN. 

